Power and Privilege

And this man wants to be president. From MSNBC :

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama released their Senate financial disclosure statements on Friday, revealing that Mr. McCain and his wife had at least $225,000 in credit card debt…The bulk of the McCains’ obligations stemmed from a pair of American Express credit cards that are held in Cindy McCain’s name. According to the disclosure reports, which present information on debts in a range rather than providing a precise figure, Mrs. McCain owed $100,000 to $250,000 on each card.

Unlike the millions of Americans who can’t afford to pay their bills, because wages haven’t risen in years, and are using their credit cards just to get by, Cindy McCain’s:

filing, however, indicated that she had substantial holdings in property and stocks - including shares in Anheuser-Busch, which this week became the target of a takeover bid that is expected to send its value climbing. Her land holdings included parcels in Arizona and California, one of which was sold last year for a profit of more than $1 million.

In other filings, the McCains have reported total household assets of $24.6 million to $39.5 million. In recently releasing a summary version of her 2006 tax return, Mrs. McCain reported income that year of more than $6 million, some $300,000 of which was derived from her salary as the chairwoman of Hensley, which was founded by her father.

But here’s the punchline courtesy of Huffington Post:

In fact, according to a prior disclosure form filed in May that was provided to The Huffington Post, a significant amount of the McCains’ credit card debt is being held by American Express at an interest rate of zero percent.

I’m sure that has nothing to do with the fact he’s a US senator. Mavericks don’t need to pay their bills.

-From our friend at Marx and Coca Cola